# 1996–97 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1996–97 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 97th season in the club's football history. In 1996–97 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 1st season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 53 |
| 6 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 49 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 48 |
| 8 | VfB Leipzig | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 46 |
| 9 | KFC Uerdingen | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 44 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Ralf Weber | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dietmar Roth | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Mirko Dickhaut | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Matthias Becker | 30 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rudi Bommer | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Urs Güntensperger | 31 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Maurizio Gaudino | 34 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Johnny Ekström | 20 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | GER | René Beuchel | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Matthias Dworschak | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Marco Rossi | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Timo Reuter | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Oliver Bunzenthal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Steffen Menze | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Michael König | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | YUG | Zvezdan Pejović | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | YUG | Slobodan Komljenović | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Thorsten Flick | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 20 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Carsten Hennig | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Oscar Corrochano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Michael Guht | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Patrick Glöckner | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |